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Reality from where I stand

So here we are. We’ve got a president who’s now openly ignoring an order from the Supreme Court. That should worry everybody, no matter your politics. He has betrayed the Ukrainian people, ...

LPEA board elections

As a graduate of Colorado School of Mines (B.S. Electrical Engineering, 1989; M.S. Mining Engineering, 1992) and a resident of this area since 1977, I have watched La Plata Electric Associat...

A bathroom for the people

In a beautiful downtown public park such as Buckley park, why are the three portable toilets there always locked? I get the homeless issues in town, but couldn’t these toilets be open during...

I bet you didn’t know this

The proposed Roberts Resorts Village Camp Durango – Phase I (PL20230036) for 275 luxury RVs and Park Model Homes will bring an influx of around 800 people into the Animas Valley, according t...

Fear no substitute for qualifications or service

The data doesn’t support the fossil fuel agenda so they made the LPEA election ugly instead. The oil and gas lobby masquerading as common sense is inciting fear and distorting facts to cover...

San Juan Citizens Alliance creates chaos – again

The San Juan Citizens Alliance, an outside-funded group, is once again putting its finger on the scale in our local La Plata County elections. Their latest email campaign suggests that commu...

Don’t be fooled: LPEA’s ‘independence’ isn’t what It seems

Mark Pearson’s recent column (Herald, Apr. 16) paints a feel-good picture of LPEA’s future – but glosses over the serious risks now facing our cooperative. Yes, LPEA is leaving Tri-State. Bu...

Stand up for democracy, against tyranny

It’s unbelievable that the president would tell its citizens to “shut-up” about the price of eggs. It’s his billionaires, however, that will keep him in power and not his whiny peons. Trump ...

Wake up before it becomes personal

Trump has gone far beyond the trope, “Oh! He would not do that.” He is doing it now and will until he achieves his craven desire to be king. The young man in an El Salvadoran gulag is an exa...

Hefty fines, zero-tolerance for at-large dogs

I fear for my safety while cycling on the river trail. I have had several close calls almost being knocked off my bike by unleashed dogs. Often I have thought, “somebody's going to get kille...

Are you ready to act?

How ironic. Polls declared the public “doesn’t trust government” and yet votes for Trump. He’s now the most the corrupt president in U.S. history. Look it up. Let’s stop him, somewhat, with...

Shedding Tri-State’s debt is the right thing to do

If you knew your business partner was holding $3 billion in debt and was doing nothing to pay it off, would you stick around? Probably not. Well, that’s what LPEA was facing while being hog-...
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